revision: names and addresses

During this step, check for the following:

  • Misspelling of a person’s name or failure to adopt preferred spelling
  • Failure to use appropriate form of address (The Right Honourable, The Honourable, etc.)
  • Erroneous official title (Commission instead of Board, President instead of Chairman)
  • Inconsistent presentation of a person’s title
  • Wrong English version of a place name
  • Use of commas and parentheses in a street address:

168 Radcliffe Crescent
Regina, Saskatchewan
not
168, Radcliffe Crescent
Regina (Saskatchewan)

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